I’m trying to summon indignation but, really, I’m going through the motions. It’s hard any longer to feign shock at Starmer’s political ineptitude✍️ Desmond Clifford wp.me/p8Mk4U-1haQ

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Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.

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🗳️ New poll shows pro-independence parties on around 50% of the vote and on course for a clear Senedd majority in May.

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Time to take on the Daily Mail and this Labour Government.

Let's keep growing our movement with the joy of knowing we all deserve so much better - and we can make it happen.

Time to join.greenparty.org.uk

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😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

When the Birmingham, Alabama, march is packed, you know something is up in America!

Chicago - no kings

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Worth noting the differing responses from Reeves and Rayner

Truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Starmer’s principles seem to blow with the political wind. It should be no surprise that Labour’s support is crumbling in Wales.

Newyddion bendigedig fod cerddorfa @welshnatopera.bsky.social wedi cytuno ar gytundeb newydd hefo’r rheolwyr. Angen diogelu’r corws rwan!

Dduw llawenydd yr atgyfodiad, diolch i ti am y Pab Ffransis, am bopeth yn ei weinidogaeth sydd wedi dangos i ni dy obaith, addfwynder a thangnefedd. Bydded iddo orffwys yn awr yn dy gariad tragwyddol. Byddwch yn agos atom ni i gyd ar adegau o alar, a helpa ni fel ef i ymddiried yn llwyr ynot ti Amen

Peter Grimes @welshnatopera.bsky.social yn wych. Cynhyrchiad gwych yn llawn emosiwn! Yr unawdwyr, y corws a’r gerddorfa yn anhygoel. Tair awr o fwynhad. Angen diogelu dyfodol y cwmni.

I note that Starmer, Reeves & the official Labour party account are all noticeably absent from Bluesky.

I believe that is an act of cowardice - they don't want their policies challenged.

Rachel Reeves says there are “difficult choices” to make.

But those choices always seem to rain hardest on the poorest, the sickest, the most vulnerable – while the ultra-wealthy and big corporations are sheltered from the storm.
 
It doesn’t have to be this way.

Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union Call is at odds with UK Labour’s own post-Brexit red lines.

Germany urges Britain to rejoin EU customs union

Sounds like a plan

www.politico.eu/article/germ...

Bechod fod Lloegr yn Stadiwm yn Stadiwm y Mileniwm yn aros am y cyfweliad fel pencampwyr!

Dim ishio cywed “ond wnaeth y bechyn ddangos ysbryd!” Mae hi wedi cachu ar Gymru - o ran rygbi beth bynnag!

A reminder to the British press: Donald Trump just says stuff. Reporting what he says as though it’s fact will inevitably make you look like an idiot. There’s not going to be a US/UK trade deal imminently and Trump really doesn’t care about the UK, even if he likes being flattered.

El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

Paradise on Disney+ is very interesting viewing considering our present times!

Yn yr oes sydd ohonni hi mae Paradise ar Disney+ yn wylio diddorol iawn!

Pope Francis, sensing he is close to death, moves to protect his legacy The battle to succeed Pope Francis is likely to be highly politicized, particularly given the pontiff’s recent clash with Catholic U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

Pope Francis is seriously worried about his health after being hospitalized with severe bronchitis, and is rushing to tie up loose ends ahead the battle to succeed him.

British politicians who choose the US led by Trump over shared security interests with Europe are making a colossal strategic error, I fear.

Fun fact: the tax exemption on red diesel (46p x 5bn litres) comes to a subsidy larger than all of the reliefs we throw at Film, TV and Video games, and about three times the entire Innovate UK budget!

Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork

It is a source of endless frustration for me that the fact Reform is a limited company owned by Nigel Farage isn't given more attention.

Every time that Reform or Farage are interviewed this should be probed and questioned.

They are held to such a lower standard than any other party.

Wales will accept nothing less than the £4.6 billion demanded by the Labour Secretary of State for Wales in opposition

Any lower sum is a pathetic sop to placate growing opposition to Labour’s failures in Wales

Running scared